Europe always prefers to overlook its colonial past – but now it’s becoming unavoidable.
By appointing former police officer Roman Quaedvlieg to head a uniformed branch that replaced an administrative agency, the Abbott government all but guaranteed a more aggressive enforcement culture.
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While the Australian Border Force’s Operation Fortitude caused an outcry, people might be surprised at the extent of official powers to check their immigration status in a range of circumstances.
The Australian Border Force’s creation was no simple re-shuffling of departmental units.
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Divorce rates are on the decline in Australia, people are marrying and having children later in life, and more of us live alone. Our experts respond to the new report on Australia’s welfare.
Would you like to be turned away at the gate?
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Far-right movements and parties in Australia will continue to create interest, given their policies and method of operation. Their future longevity, however, is by no means assured.
Will they stay or will they go home?
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The shift to Immigration and Border Protection – and the creation of the Australian Border Force – is the most profound change in the Department of Immigration’s history.
A far-right protestor carries a noose through the streets of Prague.
The Australian Border Force is the culmination of the move towards militarised border security. This commenced in earnest with the introduction of Operation Sovereign Borders in September 2013.
The increasing obsession with ‘border security’ has conspired to erode the nation-building objectives of Australian immigration policy.
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Shadow Immigration Minister Richard Marles has said that the world is now going through its greatest period of humanitarian need since WWII. Is that right?
There are many ways to keep numbers down.
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